Alright I'm new to the whole android scene, I made the switch from blackberries to the Aria. Love it so far, I've done as much research as I can on it and for the life of me can't figure out the whole Rooting process and everything along with it. I've read what is does and wouldn't consider myself the best with computers but I do know some things. So I was wondering if there is a guide anywhere to explain the process more in depth, for beginners per-say. I've done numerous Os upgrades to my bb's but its 1000X's easier. So any and all info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance and sorry I've this is in the wrong section/ or its already been answered and I just can't find it.
John
P.S. I've read the guide on here and was wondering if theres a more in depth version of that. Thanks
I'm not sure if this answer is gonna help you much, but attn1's guide (most likely the one you read) is pretty much THE guide to go-to for rooting our lovely little Arias. Its as detailed as you can get, which unfortunately means you need a little know how around things like installing the Android SDK, using Command Line prompts (i.e. Terminal in OSX, what I used to root my Aria), and add a LOT of patience. There are guides for all of these, but I don't think you can get any more detailed than those, at the moment.
I believe there is research going on for a much easier, beginner-proof method to root the Aria. For now, however, we are left with the "more difficult" method. Its not too bad, but mistakes can be costly. As I said before too, it could take 1 try.. or 1000 tries to get it rooted.. so patience is definitely a virtue.
Hi folks,
I am at this time pretty much an amateur android geek, I have successfully rooted, s-off and super cid my amaze.
I have been mostly successful debloting my amaze although I still have not found a few apk's of some tmobile junk that I want to get rid of.
I am becoming more and more fascinated with android and I would like to find more information on lower level operation of the android operating system, like a detailed explanation of the boot process, file system layout, drivers etc. I suppose most of my questions are all "Why" questions.
If anyone and point me in the right direction to explore android more fully I would appreciate it.
the information I have found on the web is mostly about programing in the vm and not really what I am looking for.
ty everyone.
One thing to learn is to post questions in the correct place. This is general, there is a section called q&a which stands for questions and answers.
Just a heads up
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Truck'nfool said:
Hi folks,
I am at this time pretty much an amateur android geek, I have successfully rooted, s-off and super cid my amaze.
I have been mostly successful debloting my amaze although I still have not found a few apk's of some tmobile junk that I want to get rid of.
I am becoming more and more fascinated with android and I would like to find more information on lower level operation of the android operating system, like a detailed explanation of the boot process, file system layout, drivers etc. I suppose most of my questions are all "Why" questions.
If anyone and point me in the right direction to explore android more fully I would appreciate it.
the information I have found on the web is mostly about programing in the vm and not really what I am looking for.
ty everyone.
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Psst. Look at my signature. A lot of your questions are answered in the "Advanced android" section. As far as the boot process goes, you'd have to learn more about linux, not android..
Oh, and what the other guy said.. post in q&a for questions you want answers to, it really does help keep the forums organized, and makes the mod have to work less.
Just get stock energy rom
Sent From My Amaze.
Can anyone who is knowledgeable about this phone's partitions instruct me on what the best way to completely format or wipe the modem partition would be?
Basically, I would just like to wipe it totally clean prior to flashing a new modem.img, but I am not familiar enough with the proper commands to do so.
Whether it's editing a updater-script to do what I want, or doing it through ADB ... I don't really care, this has just been bugging me and I would like the answer.
I thought of taking one of the flashable modem .zips and just adding a line such as...
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modem", "0");
...but I have my doubts about this working properly for a number of reasons.
Any help would be very greatly appreciated.
Thanks all!
Would also like to know this, been having strange issues for awhile.
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dht2005 said:
Can anyone who is knowledgeable about this phone's partitions instruct me on what the best way to completely format or wipe the modem partition would be?
Basically, I would just like to wipe it totally clean prior to flashing a new modem.img, but I am not familiar enough with the proper commands to do so.
Whether it's editing a updater-script to do what I want, or doing it through ADB ... I don't really care, this has just been bugging me and I would like the answer.
I thought of taking one of the flashable modem .zips and just adding a line such as...
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modem", "0");
...but I have my doubts about this working properly for a number of reasons.
Any help would be very greatly appreciated.
Thanks all!
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I Think That You Should Not Try It.Because There Is No Reason To Do So.
Simply Flash The Flashable modem.zip from the threads across the forums,And You Are Done
Regards,
acervenky,
XPT
No disrespect, but that's exactly the kind of response I didn't want.
While I appreciate your cautions, I am prepared to accept the outcome of performing this procedure.
I am fully aware that doing this sort of thing can be dangerous.
I am aware that it *may* not be necessary, although that's really not a conversation I'm interested in having.
All I would like to know is how to go about it...if one were so inclined.
If anyone knows anything about it, please reply.
Cheers and thank you!
dht2005 said:
No disrespect, but that's exactly the kind of response I didn't want.
While I appreciate your cautions, I am prepared to accept the outcome of performing this procedure.
I am fully aware that doing this sort of thing can be dangerous.
I am aware that it *may* not be necessary, although that's really not a conversation I'm interested in having.
All I would like to know is how to go about it...if one were so inclined.
If anyone knows anything about it, please reply.
Cheers and thank you!
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Seems Like I Misunderstood.
Sorry For That
Anyways There Are adb Commands Which Can Help You To Recreate/Format/Backup Partitions,Maybe @jefffeely Can Help You.
Regards,
acervenky,
XPT
dht2005 said:
No disrespect, but that's exactly the kind of response I didn't want.
While I appreciate your cautions, I am prepared to accept the outcome of performing this procedure.
I am fully aware that doing this sort of thing can be dangerous.
I am aware that it *may* not be necessary, although that's really not a conversation I'm interested in having.
All I would like to know is how to go about it...if one were so inclined.
If anyone knows anything about it, please reply.
Cheers and thank you!
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That was very rude IMO. If you didn't want a discussion, why make a forum? If you want direct answers, go to IRC and ask. But last time I checked, forums are public and you don't really get to dictate what answers you get. Nor should you put someone down for responding appropriately.
Here is the link to IRC, someone there should be able to give you what you want.
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=lg-optimus-g
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Joecascio2000 said:
That was very rude IMO. If you didn't want a discussion, why make a forum? If you want direct answers, go to IRC and ask. But last time I checked, forums are public and you don't really get to dictate what answers you get. Nor should you put someone down for responding appropriately.
Here is the link to IRC, someone there should be able to give you what you want.
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=lg-optimus-g
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Hello Joe,
Let me start off by saying that I tend to read these forums more than I post, and while I don't recall ever actually having a discussion with you, I have read a number of your posts. In general, I find you to be a pretty cool and also pretty knowledgeable person... So I have a fair bit of respect for you (at least from what I know).
I will further say to you and acervenky that in no way did I mean to be rude or to put anyone down. While I was a bit terse, I thought that I maintained a fair level of politeness in both tone and content.
I sincerely apologize if either of you were offended. Once again, that was most assuredly not my intent.
My only reason for speaking that way is that too often I find that useful information here on xda is obscured, or indeed lost altogether in a seemingly endless barrage of warnings and disclaimers, and it can be frustrating for someone who is trying to learn.
As an aside, the reason I don't like going on IRC to ask questions is that, quite frankly, many of the people that frequent the optimus g channel are so busy and so knowledgeable about Android that I feel bad for bothering them with simple questions, and/or I am afraid that their answers will go over my head.
Finally, let me say again, I apologize if I was rude, or if I upset either of you; it was not my intent to try to censor anyone or make enemies.
Now, back to the topic at hand...
I did quite a bit of further research and I found a way to do what I wanted.
Now, since it does seem to be the accepted XDA protocol, here is my warning:
You can mess your phone up permanently by doing this and/or doing it incorrectly.
I cannot help you if you do.
I have a very basic and limited understanding of Linux.
I am not an Android expert.
I am not a dev.
I know a very scarce amount, enough to cook a very basic ROM or mod a preexisting one.
YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN, AND I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE.
THIS IS DANGEROUS. DO NOT ATTEMPT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
All that being said, it worked for me.
Use terminal emulator or adb.
Code:
su
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modem
This will overwrite your modem partition with zeroes until it is full. You will get an out of space error, but it does not matter.
Now boot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, flash your new modem, wipe cache and dalvik again, and reboot.
This did what I wanted, but if someone knows a more elegant, more thorough, or otherwise better way, please post it. I love to learn.
Thank you to xda for teaching me stuff, and thank you to Joe and acervenky for the replies!!!
Ok just to make this clear, i am only slightly above a complete novice skill-wise, and i understand this is a experienced developers forum, but me and two of my buddies set ourselves the goal of creating an ultra-light weight android ROM, and i though i'd ask here for help. Since we're a tad clueless.
1.) What programs should i use to edit/compile the code? BTW, i'm stuck with 32bit windows 7 something or other. not enough money to buy parts or new laptop.
2.)Where do i get the actual code for the vanilla version of android? idk if i'm dumb, or if it really is that hard to find, or i'm not searching everywhere, but i can't find it.
3.)If anyone actually looks at this thread, do you have any tips for making a rom (besides prior experience. i thought this was a good way to get experience. instead i'm frustrated. immensely so.)
Ok
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Hello,
I write a regularly published article for Intel's Android Hub (https://goo.gl/3zD3JC) and, I was wondering if there's any way I could get someone to read a rough draft of my latest article? It's not very long and, it's an easy Google Docs link!
Basically, it's a tutorial about what ADB is, how it works and how to install Android Studio's ADB binaries system wide on ubuntu. My hope is that it's simple to understand and readers are left with a much better understanding of ADB. I believe it to bell well written and informative.
But....
For some reason I feel compelled to double check my facts before I make an arse of myself 8^\
It's kinda silly really.... I know that I know what I know but, do I really know it?
Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thank You!
Here's the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1res17c17frehnbKVuu3QqpNV1eNTfz7MSZCIxChxXSk/edit?usp=sharing
<8^)